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Power Systems: How Power Works in Different Systems

Power Systems: How Power Works in Different Systems

Gerhard Fink
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522519836|ISBN10: 1522519831|EISBN13: 9781522519843
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch003
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Fink, Gerhard. "Power Systems: How Power Works in Different Systems." Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization, edited by Pierfranco Malizia, et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 41-60. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch003

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Fink, G. (2017). Power Systems: How Power Works in Different Systems. In P. Malizia, C. Cannavale, & F. Maimone (Eds.), Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization (pp. 41-60). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch003

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Fink, Gerhard. "Power Systems: How Power Works in Different Systems." In Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization, edited by Pierfranco Malizia, Chiara Cannavale, and Fabrizio Maimone, 41-60. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch003

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Abstract

Three major power systems are described: The ‘inclusive' totalitarian system, the ‘non-inclusive' bureaucratic system, and the ‘exclusive' plan targeting system. The totalitarian system is aiming at controlling the whole population of a social system and based on resource exploitation. The bureaucratic system is aimed at information collection and decision making according to pre-established rules. The post-Taylor plan targeting system is aimed at determining and controlling the operative work of individual workers. As previous communist country experiences have shown, all three systems suffer from systemic constraints, that even if the three power systems are woven together, they are finally leading to the demise of a social system. Hope for change may come from moves towards cooperative management practices, as e.g. suggested by William Edwards Deming, and more complex theories with higher levels of integrity and complexity, as e.g. suggested by Steven Wallis, Foundation for the Advancement of Social Theory.

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